The Human Genome Project formally began in October 1990 with the goals of identifying the more than 100,000 genes in human DNA, determining the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs in DNA, and storing this information in databases for future analysis and application.

Cancer Prompts FDA to Halt Gene TherapyThe FDA has suspended U.S. gene therapy experiments after learning that a third child who underwent treatment in France has developed cancer as a result.
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